MUNCIE, Ind. — Despite national news of pending liquidation sales for the bankrupt toy superstore chain Toys R Us, the Muncie store looked very much like toy business as usual on Thursday morning.

The Morrison Road store had just a handful of cars parked out front, and no “sale” signs or notices visible in the windows or inside. Shelves, other than the books section, appeared to be fully stocked, with an Easter basket display greeting customers just inside the door.

Staffers at the store – which had not been on any earlier lists for closing before the liquidation announcement – declined to talk to a reporter and referred all questions to corporate headquarters.

Leaving empty-handed, customer Heather Hendrixson said she had rushed in to see whether the Muncie store still had a particular, Toys R Us-specific Lego table in stock, since she had hoped to get it for her school-age sons as an Easter present. She was told the table wasn’t available there and more wouldn’t be coming because of the looming closure, so she planned to try to order it quickly online.

Hendrixson added that staffers told her the liquidation sale was being delayed because of a judge’s order. Scattered news outlets around the U.S. were reporting similar reports from stores elsewhere; CNNMoney reported a company spokesman had said the start of liquidation sales had been bumped from Thursday to possibly Friday.

Many customers at Muncie's store on Thursday left carrying bags with a few small items or nothing. One man, who declined to give his name, noted that not only were items not on sale yet, but he’d been unable to use a discount code he had found earlier, though that hadn’t stopped him from buying the child-sized bike he was tucking into his back seat.